Fabaceae
Inga

Inga velutina Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1014 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to W. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • da Silva e Silva, W.L., Cajueiro Gurgel, E.S., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Falcão da Silva, M. (2013). Inventário e distribuição geográfica de Leguminosae no arquipélago de Marajó, PA, Brazil. Hoehnea 40: 627-647.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1997). The genus Inga botany: 1-488. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1996 Burchell [9109] Brazil K000877004 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Rosário, A.S.; Silva, N.A. [3374] Brazil K000877001 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E.; Foster, C. [14743] Ecuador K001473330 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Pennington, T.D.; Freire, E.; Foster, C. [14743] Ecuador K001473331 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Rosário, C.S.; Silva, N.A. [3618] Brazil K000877000 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Grandes, C. [12497] Peru K:SPC-55686.000 No
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil K000877002 Yes
s.coll. [78] Brazil K000877007 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Ruiz, J. [12489] Peru K:SPC-55765.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Ruiz, J. [12486] Peru K:SPC-55771.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Vargas, H. [13904] Ecuador K:SPC-60663.000 No
Burchell [9109] Brazil K000877003 Yes
Burchell [9102] Brazil K000877005 Yes
Baker, C.F. [78] Brazil K000877008 Yes
Burchell [10091] Brazil K000877006 Yes
Ecuador K001473325 Yes
Ecuador K001473326 Yes
Ecuador K001473327 Yes
Ecuador K001473328 Yes
Ecuador K001473329 Yes
Ecuador K001473330 Yes
Ecuador K001473331 Yes
Ecuador K001473332 Yes
Ecuador K001473333 Yes
Ecuador K001473334 Yes
Ecuador K001473335 Yes
Ecuador K001473336 Yes
Ecuador K001473337 Yes
Ecuador K001473338 Yes
Ecuador K001473339 Yes
Ecuador K001473340 Yes
Ecuador K001473341 Yes
Peru K001473342 Yes
Peru K001473343 Yes
Peru K001473344 Yes
Bolivia K001473345 Yes
Peru K001473346 Yes
Peru K001473347 Yes
Peru K001473348 Yes
Peru K001473349 Yes
Peru K001473350 Yes
Peru K001473351 Yes
Peru K001473352 Yes
Peru K001473353 Yes
Peru K001473354 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0